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Arrangement: The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., released that October to disappointing sales. An overdubbed electric remix was released the following year and went to number one on the Billboard singles chart.
The song has been covered numerous times by numerous people; most notably, 50 years after its original release, the heavy metal band Disturbed released their own version, which they subsequently performed on Conan O'Brien's self-titled talk show on TBS. Following the performance, Paul Simon reportedly sent Disturbed vocalist David Draiman an e-mail praising their performance. Simon wrote, "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I'd seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." Draiman responded, "Mr. Simon, I am honored beyond words. We only hoped to pay homage and honor to the brilliance of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Your compliment means the world to me/us and we are eternally grateful."
In my case, it was another case of me not being able to get the song out of my head until I arranged this (which is why I ended up doing "Song 2" by Blur.) The way I've done this song here, however, is for the following lineup of instruments:
Glockenspiel
2 vibraphones (1 melody, 1 accompanying chords)
Piano
String section (violin, viola, cello, contrabass)
Classical guitar
Acoustic guitar
Bass guitar
Information taken from Wikipedia
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original song © Simon & Garfunkel, Columbia Records, and everybody else who owns the rights
Disturbed version © Disturbed, Reprise, and everybody else who owns the rights
The Sound of Silence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0 (original version by Simon & Garfunkel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOi_qHmKSK8 (Disturbed version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg (Disturbed performing the song on Conan)
This is my first attempt at a Simon & Garfunkel song.
Story details:
G-52 organization, Drumbums, Circus of the Superstars, and other such groups © me and me alone.
Some G-52s are joint-owned by me and
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UN1024s, AIRAF, GSAF, Royal Pagans, and other such groups © Chuong alone
D-19 ©
Zanta Keplicus
Blue, Toppet Kingdom, etc. ©
BlueMario1016
G-52 logo drawn by
zakavatarz; the world of Noah and all associates thereof © him and him alone
Current icon of me drawn by
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Any canon characters mentioned © all who own the rights.
All music, movies, or television shows referenced (C) all who own the rights
The song has been covered numerous times by numerous people; most notably, 50 years after its original release, the heavy metal band Disturbed released their own version, which they subsequently performed on Conan O'Brien's self-titled talk show on TBS. Following the performance, Paul Simon reportedly sent Disturbed vocalist David Draiman an e-mail praising their performance. Simon wrote, "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I'd seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." Draiman responded, "Mr. Simon, I am honored beyond words. We only hoped to pay homage and honor to the brilliance of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Your compliment means the world to me/us and we are eternally grateful."
In my case, it was another case of me not being able to get the song out of my head until I arranged this (which is why I ended up doing "Song 2" by Blur.) The way I've done this song here, however, is for the following lineup of instruments:
Glockenspiel
2 vibraphones (1 melody, 1 accompanying chords)
Piano
String section (violin, viola, cello, contrabass)
Classical guitar
Acoustic guitar
Bass guitar
Information taken from Wikipedia
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original song © Simon & Garfunkel, Columbia Records, and everybody else who owns the rights
Disturbed version © Disturbed, Reprise, and everybody else who owns the rights
The Sound of Silence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0 (original version by Simon & Garfunkel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOi_qHmKSK8 (Disturbed version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg (Disturbed performing the song on Conan)
This is my first attempt at a Simon & Garfunkel song.
Story details:
G-52 organization, Drumbums, Circus of the Superstars, and other such groups © me and me alone.
Some G-52s are joint-owned by me and
Chuong; see my bios gallery for which is which.UN1024s, AIRAF, GSAF, Royal Pagans, and other such groups ©
Chuong aloneD-19 ©
Zanta KeplicusBlue, Toppet Kingdom, etc. ©
BlueMario1016G-52 logo drawn by
zakavatarz; the world of Noah and all associates thereof © him and him aloneCurrent icon of me drawn by
pimpartistAny canon characters mentioned © all who own the rights.
All music, movies, or television shows referenced (C) all who own the rights
Category Music / 60s
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